Re: is this cross repro or fake

Just an opinion based on an observation but-the first one looks bad to me take a careful look at the "3" in 1939 on it. The "3" looks to be a bit crooked and the swaz arms seem to be different widths. I have three WWII EKIs in the collection and none look like the first one pictured.

As for the other one which is named--I can't say I know anything for sure on it but I don't think its a good one either. The reason I suspect the 2nd EKi, is because the "wear" to the black paint on the swaz doesn't appear to be a natural wear.

Re: is this cross repro or fake

Shortly after joining this forum I received an email from P.Nowak from Poland offering me all sorts of stuff including the cross shown above. Luckily Stewy steered me straight about this devious character before any harm was done. He seems to surf forums looking for new bait. Regards Thomas

Re: Is this Iron cross 1st class repro/fake

Thanks for the heads up Stewy when he first contacted me. What is a "sticky"? If by this you mean a posting where one can view the various approaches he & others use to try and deceive people I'm a 100% behind you!! Regards Tom

Re: Is this Iron cross 1st class repro/fake

That's what i mean Thomas,a sticky thread. He's not long surfaced here & has been dealt with. But due to different guises he may re-appear in the future. But his methods remain the same. I mean if he was to send you his scrap before you sent funds,he feel conned. So a "sticky" on his conning method may be more appropriate than just Pawel Nowack. Stewy S

Re: Is this Iron cross 1st class repro/fake

Another scoundrel to steer away from is Oliver Pink-from Sweden. He tried to "get" me once-and I basically threw the items back into his face with a not so friendly email. Over the last 9 or so years-he's tried approaching my several times but he is easy to figure out-even when he is using a bogus name or email addy.